Meethi Dal (Dal+Chawal+Paapad=Ultimate Comfort Food)

Ultimate comfort food according to any Indian is dal, chawal and paapad (Lentils soup, steamed/boiled Rice and crispy flat bread). This combo is not only comfort but makes a filling meal of the day. Lucky is the man who gets the time to indulge with a hot bowl of rice along with a dollop of ghee, dal together with his family. Eating together not only creates a bonding with in a family but also enhances the flavour of the food. Don't you agree with me? The family who eats together stays together says a popular quote.

Coming to today's recipe meethi dal it is a simple and flavourful dal. It is simple because it is very easy to prepare with handy ingredients in the kitchen. It is flavourful because of its tempering, which involves ginger-garlic paste and onions. May be the abscence of tamarind or any other vegetable in the recipe gives the name meethi dal (sweet dal) but there is no sugar or sweetener in the dal. Try it....it's simple....it's yummy.....

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 cup Toovar dal, washed and soaked for 10 min
• 1 Onion, peeled and finely sliced
• 1/2 tbsp Ginger-Garlic paste
• 1 tbsp Red chilli powder
• 1/4 tbsp Turmeric powder
• Salt
• Oil

PREPERATION:

• In a pressure cooker, cook dal till soft. To this add salt, red chilli powder, turmeric powder and mash with a spoon or wooden masher.
• To this add 2 cups of water and 1/4 tbsp ginger-garlic paste. Allow it to boil for 2-3 minutes.
• In a heavy bottom cooking vessel or kadai, add oil, sliced onions. Fry till light brown in color and add 1/4 tbsp ginger-garlic paste. Fry for 1-2 min and add this tadka or tempering to above dal.
• Serve hot with steamed hot rice with a dollop of ghee and paapad.
• Last but not least add your 'love' to make the dish 'YUMMY'.

This dal is going to participate in MLLA-14 by Susan of The Well-Seasoned Cook. My entries for Show Me Your Breakfast won the poll conducted by Divya of Dil-se. Thank you Divya for such a yum event.